Milavittan climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Milavittan?

Milavittan has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.3 °C and it receives 821 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Milavittan?

The hottest day measured in Milavittan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 May 2024, reaching 38.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Milavittan?

The coldest day measured in Milavittan between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1941, at 18.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Milavittan?

Almost never: Milavittan sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Milavittan warmed?

Yes: Milavittan warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Milavittan?

The wettest day measured in Milavittan between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 2012, with 176 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Milavittan?

The windiest day measured in Milavittan between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1992, with winds reaching 45.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Milavittan?

The warmest month in Milavittan is May (30.6 °C on average); the coldest is December (25.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Milavittan?

Milavittan receives on average 821 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 109 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Milavittan?

Milavittan gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Milavittan (India) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.3 °C and it receives 821 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is May (30.6 °C on average) and the coldest is December (25.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Milavittan averages 0 frost days, 285 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 109 rainy days per year.

Milavittan has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.8 °C (on 5 May 2024) and the coldest 18.4 °C (on 26 December 1941).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

MilavittanTamil Nadu

coords: 8.82°, 78.09°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthDecemberWettest monthNovemberDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

28.3°C

Average daily high

32.2°C

Average daily low

25.3°C

Annual rainfall

821mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

19.9km/h

Seasonal range

4.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

285 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

109 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.7 °C

Average feels-like low

28.5 °C

Average peak gust

37.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.82 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

38.8 °C

5 May 2024

Coldest day

18.4 °C

26 December 1941

Wettest day

176 mm

24 November 2012

Windiest day

45.7 km/h

13 November 1992

Strongest gust

82.4 km/h

30 November 2017

Hottest feels-like

44.0 °C

5 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

19.0 °C

30 December 1941

Sunniest day

12.2 h

2 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.8 °C13 May 2025	20.9 °C29 November 2025	28.7 °C	1,219 mm	285
2024	38.8 °C5 May 2024	22.9 °C17 January 2024	29.3 °C	1,183 mm	331
2023	37.9 °C5 June 2023	22.2 °C12 February 2023	29.3 °C	1,364 mm	322
2022	37.1 °C1 May 2022	21.9 °C24 November 2022	28.9 °C	958 mm	334
2021	37.2 °C3 April 2021	21.4 °C11 February 2021	28.9 °C	1,451 mm	313
2020	37.8 °C25 May 2020	22.6 °C16 January 2020	29.3 °C	828 mm	322
2019	37.8 °C7 May 2019	21.2 °C22 January 2019	29.3 °C	962 mm	308
2018	37.7 °C2 May 2018	21.9 °C20 January 2018	28.7 °C	955 mm	306
2017	38.4 °C24 April 2017	22.2 °C9 February 2017	29.4 °C	886 mm	330
2016	38.2 °C23 April 2016	22.8 °C2 February 2016	29.5 °C	484 mm	339
2015	37.1 °C30 May 2015	21.6 °C14 January 2015	28.9 °C	1,332 mm	306
2014	38.1 °C31 May 2014	21.7 °C10 February 2014	28.9 °C	1,235 mm	293
2013	38.0 °C4 May 2013	21.5 °C8 January 2013	28.9 °C	697 mm	329
2012	37.7 °C17 May 2012	20.6 °C16 January 2012	29.2 °C	889 mm	314
2011	37.7 °C8 May 2011	20.1 °C26 December 2011	28.9 °C	886 mm	295
2010	38.7 °C17 May 2010	21.4 °C13 December 2010	29.0 °C	1,005 mm	307
2009	38.4 °C15 May 2009	20.9 °C1 January 2009	28.9 °C	1,022 mm	290
2008	37.6 °C18 May 2008	20.8 °C31 December 2008	28.6 °C	1,561 mm	294
2007	37.6 °C12 May 2007	21.1 °C4 January 2007	28.7 °C	924 mm	290
2006	37.5 °C16 May 2006	19.7 °C24 January 2006	28.6 °C	1,077 mm	270
2005	38.3 °C17 May 2005	21.0 °C16 February 2005	28.8 °C	1,144 mm	290
2004	38.3 °C18 April 2004	21.2 °C15 January 2004	28.5 °C	1,001 mm	288
2003	37.8 °C23 May 2003	20.5 °C10 December 2003	28.7 °C	751 mm	283
2002	36.7 °C12 May 2002	20.4 °C15 January 2002	28.5 °C	854 mm	276
2001	37.8 °C16 May 2001	20.9 °C10 February 2001	28.4 °C	784 mm	270
2000	37.5 °C15 May 2000	20.0 °C23 January 2000	28.5 °C	911 mm	298
1999	37.7 °C16 April 1999	20.3 °C27 January 1999	28.3 °C	637 mm	279
1998	38.0 °C25 May 1998	21.0 °C26 December 1998	28.9 °C	733 mm	313
1997	37.3 °C29 May 1997	21.1 °C16 February 1997	28.6 °C	953 mm	283
1996	37.6 °C7 May 1996	21.2 °C26 December 1996	28.5 °C	734 mm	312
1995	36.5 °C2 June 1995	21.2 °C3 January 1995	28.5 °C	540 mm	306
1994	37.6 °C10 May 1994	20.7 °C30 January 1994	28.2 °C	894 mm	256
1993	38.3 °C2 May 1993	19.8 °C20 January 1993	28.3 °C	842 mm	264
1992	37.3 °C3 May 1992	20.6 °C27 December 1992	28.3 °C	680 mm	295
1991	37.9 °C2 May 1991	20.6 °C12 February 1991	28.6 °C	667 mm	290
1990	37.5 °C25 April 1990	19.0 °C15 January 1990	28.7 °C	770 mm	299
1989	38.1 °C14 May 1989	20.1 °C5 February 1989	28.3 °C	580 mm	315
1988	38.1 °C21 May 1988	21.6 °C7 January 1988	28.7 °C	682 mm	321
1987	37.5 °C3 May 1987	21.7 °C12 February 1987	28.8 °C	673 mm	319
1986	38.1 °C10 May 1986	21.1 °C18 November 1986	28.7 °C	711 mm	306
1985	38.2 °C23 April 1985	20.9 °C6 February 1985	28.6 °C	647 mm	290
1984	37.2 °C25 May 1984	19.5 °C14 December 1984	27.8 °C	1,130 mm	259
1983	37.7 °C1 June 1983	20.9 °C9 January 1983	28.9 °C	610 mm	309
1982	37.6 °C3 April 1982	20.8 °C14 February 1982	28.5 °C	540 mm	292
1981	38.0 °C20 May 1981	20.8 °C2 February 1981	28.3 °C	555 mm	292
1980	37.5 °C17 May 1980	20.8 °C24 January 1980	28.5 °C	511 mm	298
1979	37.3 °C29 April 1979	20.8 °C12 January 1979	28.4 °C	972 mm	254
1978	37.2 °C17 April 1978	20.5 °C19 January 1978	28.2 °C	948 mm	297
1977	37.5 °C14 April 1977	20.4 °C14 January 1977	28.1 °C	975 mm	249
1976	37.4 °C3 May 1976	20.1 °C26 February 1976	28.2 °C	733 mm	290
1975	36.6 °C11 May 1975	20.7 °C10 December 1975	27.9 °C	743 mm	273
1974	37.2 °C8 May 1974	19.2 °C7 January 1974	28.1 °C	355 mm	299
1973	38.4 °C29 April 1973	20.7 °C16 January 1973	28.3 °C	842 mm	284
1972	37.0 °C5 June 1972	19.9 °C7 January 1972	28.2 °C	723 mm	279
1971	37.6 °C5 May 1971	19.8 °C21 December 1971	28.0 °C	700 mm	281
1970	38.1 °C7 May 1970	20.2 °C2 February 1970	28.4 °C	513 mm	296
1969	37.3 °C11 May 1969	21.6 °C27 January 1969	28.2 °C	852 mm	288
1968	37.1 °C7 May 1968	20.5 °C15 February 1968	27.8 °C	897 mm	254
1967	36.9 °C7 May 1967	20.2 °C10 February 1967	27.8 °C	1,057 mm	252
1966	37.4 °C24 May 1966	19.4 °C2 January 1966	27.8 °C	924 mm	244
1965	35.7 °C20 May 1965	20.4 °C14 December 1965	27.5 °C	1,011 mm	262
1964	37.4 °C21 May 1964	20.8 °C10 January 1964	27.8 °C	733 mm	261
1963	36.6 °C7 May 1963	20.4 °C6 January 1963	27.8 °C	903 mm	256
1962	36.5 °C2 May 1962	20.8 °C16 January 1962	27.9 °C	896 mm	273
1961	36.6 °C12 May 1961	20.5 °C26 February 1961	27.8 °C	786 mm	257
1960	35.9 °C28 April 1960	21.0 °C4 February 1960	27.6 °C	943 mm	258
1959	37.5 °C22 April 1959	21.8 °C23 December 1959	28.0 °C	650 mm	287
1958	36.1 °C1 June 1958	20.5 °C11 January 1958	28.1 °C	568 mm	260
1957	36.7 °C6 May 1957	20.8 °C9 January 1957	27.9 °C	896 mm	254
1956	37.6 °C26 April 1956	20.2 °C18 December 1956	27.4 °C	652 mm	244
1955	36.2 °C15 May 1955	19.5 °C20 December 1955	27.4 °C	800 mm	262
1954	36.6 °C11 May 1954	20.4 °C19 January 1954	27.4 °C	843 mm	241
1953	37.5 °C9 May 1953	20.6 °C31 January 1953	27.9 °C	479 mm	276
1952	37.4 °C16 May 1952	21.2 °C21 January 1952	28.0 °C	348 mm	314
1951	36.6 °C14 May 1951	20.2 °C1 January 1951	27.7 °C	783 mm	275
1950	36.6 °C13 April 1950	21.3 °C3 January 1950	27.9 °C	276 mm	317
1949	37.6 °C25 April 1949	20.2 °C4 March 1949	27.6 °C	331 mm	292
1948	37.4 °C15 May 1948	21.2 °C25 December 1948	27.9 °C	1,141 mm	274
1947	36.4 °C18 May 1947	21.3 °C16 January 1947	27.9 °C	707 mm	274
1946	36.9 °C3 May 1946	19.7 °C29 January 1946	27.5 °C	872 mm	253
1945	37.2 °C9 May 1945	19.9 °C5 January 1945	27.5 °C	825 mm	256
1944	36.2 °C27 April 1944	20.0 °C11 December 1944	27.5 °C	791 mm	259
1943	36.6 °C1 May 1943	20.2 °C31 January 1943	26.9 °C	718 mm	260
1942	34.8 °C19 May 1942	19.7 °C1 January 1942	27.1 °C	561 mm	266
1941	36.9 °C30 April 1941	18.4 °C26 December 1941	27.2 °C	611 mm	245
1940	35.0 °C6 March 1940	20.0 °C9 December 1940	27.1 °C	813 mm	243

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.4 °C

+0.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

285 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1219 mm

+398 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.3 °C	-0.2 °C	89 mm	+46 mm
Feb	31.1 °C	+0.2 °C	30 mm	+1 mm
Mar	32.0 °C	-0.6 °C	102 mm	+61 mm
Apr	34.1 °C	0.0 °C	82 mm	+32 mm
May	35.1 °C	+0.1 °C	20 mm	-21 mm
Jun	34.5 °C	+0.9 °C	25 mm	+1 mm
Jul	33.5 °C	+0.4 °C	69 mm	+47 mm
Aug	34.1 °C	+0.8 °C	7 mm	-14 mm
Sep	34.6 °C	+1.1 °C	29 mm	-6 mm
Oct	31.8 °C	+0.1 °C	357 mm	+191 mm
Nov	29.8 °C	+0.3 °C	372 mm	+142 mm
Dec	29.3 °C	+0.3 °C	37 mm	-83 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.8 °C

13 May 2025

Coldest day

20.9 °C

29 Nov 2025

Wettest day

76.6 mm

18 Oct 2025

Windiest day

31.3 km/h

28 May 2025

Strongest gust

62.6 km/h

29 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.7 °C

13 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

20.8 °C

29 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

6 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Milavittan?

Milavittan has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.3 °C and it receives 821 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Milavittan?

The hottest day measured in Milavittan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 May 2024, reaching 38.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Milavittan?

The coldest day measured in Milavittan between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1941, at 18.4 °C.

Does it snow in Milavittan?

Almost never: Milavittan sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Milavittan warmed?

Yes: Milavittan warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Milavittan?

The wettest day measured in Milavittan between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 2012, with 176 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Milavittan?

The windiest day measured in Milavittan between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1992, with winds reaching 45.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Milavittan?

The warmest month in Milavittan is May (30.6 °C on average); the coldest is December (25.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Milavittan?

Milavittan receives on average 821 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 109 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Milavittan?

Milavittan gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Milavittan?

Yes: Milavittan has on average 365 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Milavittan?

In Milavittan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.0 °C on 5 May 2024, and the lowest was 19.0 °C on 30 December 1941.

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